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Robin von Mises profile picture
The end will not arrive in a flash of white light,
no mushroom cloud bruising the horizon.
It will scroll in quietly,
thumb by thumb,
pixel by pixel.

We will not hear sirens.
We will hear notifications.
A soft chime announcing outrage,
another announcing envy,
another announcing that everyone is watching
and no one is seeing.

Cities will still stand.
Oceans will still breathe.
But attention will fracture into glittering dust,
and truth will drown beneath applause.

The final war will not be fought with missiles,
but with mirrors.
Each of us armed with a screen,
each of us certain we are right,
each of us alone together.

Humanity will not be destroyed.
It will be distracted,
slowly, politely,
until it forgets
what it was trying to save.
Robin von Mises profile picture
„When people stop talking, really bad stuff starts. When marriages stop talking, divorce happens. When civilizations stop talking, civil war ensues. When you stop having a human connection with someone you disagree with, it becomes a lot easier to want to commit violence against that group.

What we as a culture have to get back to is being able to have reasonable disagreement, where violence is not an option.“

Charlie Kirk, rest in peace…